1925 VFL Season Round 17: Geelong v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 12 September 1925 between Geelong and Footscray during round seventeen of the 1925 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Footscray at Corio Oval. Cliff Rankin captained the hosts. Con McCarthy captained the visitors with Vic Samson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Cliff Rankin and the visitors were coached by Con McCarthy.

Geelong (14.16.100) defeated Footscray (9.7.61).

Match Details

Season: 1925 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Geelong v Footscray
Date: Saturday 12 September 1925
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Corio Oval
Attendance: 10,800

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Footscray
Score: 14.16.100 - 9.7.61

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 6 5 . 11 8 . 15 14 . 16 14 . 16 (100)
Footscray 1 . 1 2 . 2 6 . 3 9 . 7 9 . 7 (61)
Margin GEEL by 17 GEEL by 27 GEEL by 24 GEEL by 39 GEEL by 39
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Cliff Rankin
Coach: Cliff Rankin

Footscray

Captain: Con McCarthy
Vice-Captain: Vic Samson
Coach: Con McCarthy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

C. Lane

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Brushfield, Nick ? ? 0 ?
8 Chambers, Jack ? ? 0 ?
3 Ferguson, Dave ? ? 1 ?
23 Fitzmaurice, Tom ? ? 0 ?
11 Fleming, Eric ? ? 2 ?
20 Greeves, Edward ? ? 0 ?
14 Hagger, Lloyd ? ? 3 ?
4 Hall, Syd ? ? 0 ?
29 Heagney, Denis ? ? 0 ?
9 Johns, Keith ? ? 0 ?
27 Jones, Jockie ? ? 2 ?
26 Murrells, Frank ? ? 1 ?
6 Rankin, Cliff (c) ? ? 3 ?
28 Rayson, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
16 Smith, Les ? ? 0 ?
15 Stevenson, Ted ? ? 0 ?
19 Todd, George ? ? 2 ?
24 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 14 16

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
33 Aked, Frank ? ? 2 ?
45 Bagley, Seddon ? ? 2 ?
32 Clissold, George ? ? 0 ?
15 Croft, Joshua ? ? 1 ?
26 Doolan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
23 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 0 ?
21 Gibb, Rupert ? ? 0 ?
29 Hopkins, Allan ? ? 4 ?
14 Laidlaw, Col ? ? 0 ?
1 McCarthy, Con (c) ? ? 0 ?
7 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
25 Meuleman, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 O'Brien, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
4 Outen, Alby ? ? 0 ?
23 Punch, Les ? ? 0 ?
8 Rudd, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
2 Samson, Vic (vc) ? ? 0 ?
28 Sherman, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 7

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s